The previously bootstrapped Atom Security was founded earlier this year and the acquisition is valued at several million dollars. This marks Mend’s fifth acquisition in the last three years, totaling tens of millions of dollars 15:39, 24.12.23 Israeli cybersecurity firm Mend.io has acquired Atom Security, an Israeli company specializing in cyber risk assessment. Atom Security […]
After announcing a gradual elimination of third-party printer drivers on Windows earlier this year, Microsoft has now unveiled its plan for enhancing security by introducting Windows Protected Print Mode (WPP). The problem with the current Windows print system For years, the Windows print system has been a key target for attackers because the Windows Print […]
Earlier, Chess.com confirmed to Hackread.com that malicious threat actors exploited the “find friends” feature in the platform’s API to extract publically available user data. On November 10th, 2023, Hackread.com exclusively reported that threat actors had disclosed a scraped database containing information from Chess.com users. The database, containing approximately 828,327 users, was leaked on the notorious […]
Mortgage and loan giant Mr. Cooper says a “cybersecurity incident” earlier this week was the cause of an ongoing outage, adding that the company is “working to resolve the issue.” The Texas-based company said in a statement on its website that on October 31, Mr. Cooper “became the target of a cyber security incident and took […]
Multiple Czech Republic government websites were disrupted earlier this week due to a denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The police force and Prague Airport websites were also disrupted as a result of the cyber attack. The sites were down for around two hours on Tuesday, October 24. The website of the Crimea Platform, an international summit taking […]
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, earlier this month made a $1.2 million payment for what they believed was a legitimate bill from Moss Construction. The city later learned the request was fraudulent, according to an update last week by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, which has offered few details about the ongoing investigation. The seven-figure payment, made […]
Two vulnerabilities discovered earlier this year in Atos Unify products could allow malicious actors to cause disruption and even backdoor the targeted system. The flaws were found in the unified communications and collaboration solution by researchers at SEC Consult, an Austria-based cybersecurity consulting firm that is part of the Atos Group’s Eviden business. The vulnerabilities […]